A child seat is detachably mounted on a foldable stroller comprising a stroller handle and front and rear leg portions. The stroller handle is foldably connected to the rear leg portion. The front leg portion is foldably connected to the rear leg portion and has a first adaptor. The child seat includes a first pivot and a seat frame having a lower seat portion and an upper seat portion foldably connected to the lower seat portion. The first pivot is pivotably connected to the lower seat portion and detachably mounted on the first adaptor. When the front leg portion and the stroller handle are folded relative to the rear leg portion, the upper seat portion is folded on the lower seat portion, and the lower seat portion is folded on the front leg portion via the first pivot together with the upper seat portion.
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9. A foldable stroller comprising:
a rear leg portion;
a stroller handle foldably connected to the rear leg portion;
a front leg portion foldably connected to the rear leg portion, the front leg portion having a first adaptor; and
a child seat comprising:
a seat frame having an upper seat portion and a lower seat portion, the upper seat portion being foldably connected to the lower seat portion; and
a first pivot foldably connected to the lower seat portion and detachably mounted on the first adaptor to make the child seat disposed on the front leg portion;
wherein when the front leg portion and the stroller handle are folded relative to the rear leg portion, the upper seat portion is folded on the lower seat portion, and the lower seat portion is folded on the front leg portion via the first pivot together with the upper seat portion.
1. A child seat detachably mounted on a foldable stroller, the foldable stroller comprising a stroller handle, a front leg portion, and a rear leg portion, the stroller handle being foldably connected to the rear leg portion, the front leg portion being foldably connected to the rear leg portion and having a first adaptor, the child seat comprising:
a seat frame having an upper seat portion and a lower seat portion, the upper seat portion being foldably connected to the lower seat portion; and
a first pivot pivotably connected to the lower seat portion and detachably mounted on the first adaptor to make the child seat disposed on the front leg portion;
wherein when the front leg portion and the stroller handle are folded relative to the rear leg portion, the upper seat portion is folded on the lower seat portion, and the lower seat portion is folded on the front leg portion via the first pivot together with the upper seat portion.
2. The child seat of
a first locking element movably disposed in the lower seat portion for operably engaging with or disengaging from the first pivot;
a second pivot pivoted to the lower seat portion and the upper seat portion;
a second locking element movably disposed in the upper seat portion for operably engaging with or disengaging from the second pivot;
a linkage element connected to the second locking element and the first locking element; and
a release handle disposed on the upper seat portion and connected to the linkage element;
wherein when the release handle is operated to pull the linkage element, the linkage element drives the second locking element to disengage from the second pivot for making the upper seat portion foldable on the lower seat portion via the second pivot, and the linkage element drives the first locking element to disengage from the first pivot for making the lower seat portion foldable on the front leg portion via the first pivot together with the upper seat portion;
when the release handle is operated to release the linkage element, the first locking element is released to engage with the first pivot for preventing folding of the lower seat portion relative to the front leg portion, and the second locking element is released to engage with the second pivot for preventing folding of the upper seat portion relative to the lower seat portion.
3. The child seat of
4. The child seat of
5. The child seat of
a tray foldably connected to the upper seat portion via the second pivot;
wherein when the release handle is operated to pull the linkage element, the linkage element drives the second locking element to disengage from the second pivot for making the tray foldable on the upper seat portion via the second pivot;
when the release handle is operated to release the linkage element, the second locking element is released to engage with the second pivot for preventing folding of the tray relative to the upper seat portion.
6. The child seat of
an armrest foldably connected to the upper seat portion via the second pivot;
wherein when the release handle is operated to pull the linkage element, the linkage element drives the second locking element to disengage from the second pivot for making the armrest foldable on the upper seat portion via the second pivot;
when the release handle is operated to release the linkage element, the second locking element is released to engage with the second pivot for preventing folding of the armrest relative to the upper seat portion.
7. The child seat of
8. The child seat of
10. The foldable stroller of
a first locking element movably disposed in the lower seat portion for operably engaging with or disengaging from the first pivot;
a second pivot pivoted to the lower seat portion and the upper seat portion;
a second locking element movably disposed in the upper seat portion for operably engaging with or disengaging from the second pivot;
a linkage element connected to the second locking element and the first locking element; and
a release handle disposed on the upper seat portion and connected to the linkage element;
wherein when the release handle is operated to pull the linkage element, the linkage element drives the second locking element to disengage from the second pivot for making the upper seat portion foldable on the lower seat portion via the second pivot, and the linkage element drives the first locking element to disengage from the first pivot for making the lower seat portion foldable on the front leg portion via the first pivot together with the upper seat portion;
when the release handle is operated to release the linkage element, the first locking element is released to engage with the first pivot for preventing folding of the lower seat portion relative to the front leg portion, and the second locking element is released to engage with the second pivot for preventing folding of the upper seat portion relative to the lower seat portion.
11. The foldable stroller of
12. The foldable stroller of
13. The foldable stroller of
a tray foldably connected to the upper seat portion via the second pivot;
wherein when the release handle is operated to pull the linkage element, the linkage element drives the second locking element to disengage from the second pivot for making the tray foldable on the upper seat portion via the second pivot;
when the release handle is operated to release the linkage element, the second locking element is released to engage with the second pivot for preventing folding of the tray relative to the upper seat portion.
14. The foldable stroller of
an armrest foldably connected to the upper seat portion via the second pivot;
wherein when the release handle is operated to pull the linkage element, the linkage element drives the second locking element to disengage from the second pivot for making the armrest foldable on the upper seat portion via the second pivot;
when the release handle is operated to release the linkage element, the second locking element is released to engage with the second pivot for preventing folding of the armrest relative to the upper seat portion.
15. The foldable stroller of
16. The foldable stroller of
17. The foldable stroller of
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This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/845,504, which was filed on May 9, 2019, and is incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to a child seat and a foldable stroller thereof, and more specifically, to a child seat detachably mounted on a front leg portion of a foldable stroller and foldable on the front leg portion and a foldable stroller thereof.
Rapid developed economics and technology provide people with various consumer products, such as a stroller. The stroller not only allows a user to operate it with one hand to reduce his burden when taking an infant out, but also makes the infant sit thereon comfortably. Thus, the stroller has become more and more popular in infant caring.
In general, the stroller is composed of a stroller frame and a child seat assembled with the stroller frame for holding the infant, and allows the child seat to be detachably attached to the stroller frame in multiple configurations (e.g. forward and rearward facing configurations). However, since the stroller frame usually cannot be folded to a compact size together with the child seat, it causes the user much inconvenience in folding of the stroller and storage of the folded stroller.
The present invention provides a child seat detachably mounted on a foldable stroller. The foldable stroller includes a stroller handle, a front leg portion, and a rear leg portion. The stroller handle is foldably connected to the rear leg portion. The front leg portion is foldably connected to the rear leg portion and has a first adaptor. The child seat includes a seat frame and a first pivot. The seat frame has an upper seat portion and a lower seat portion. The upper seat portion is foldably connected to the lower seat portion. The first pivot is pivotably connected to the lower seat portion and detachably mounted on the first adaptor to make the child seat disposed on the front leg portion. When the front leg portion and the stroller handle are folded relative to the rear leg portion, the upper seat portion is folded on the lower seat portion, and the lower seat portion is folded on the front leg portion via the first pivot together with the upper seat portion.
The present invention further provides a foldable stroller including a rear leg portion, a stroller handle, a front leg portion, and a child seat. The stroller handle is foldably connected to the rear leg portion. The front leg portion is foldably connected to the rear leg portion. The front leg portion has a first adaptor. The child seat includes a seat frame and a first pivot. The seat frame has an upper seat portion and a lower seat portion. The upper seat portion is foldably connected to the lower seat portion. The second pivot is foldably connected to the lower seat portion and detachably mounted on the first adaptor to make the child seat disposed on the front leg portion. When the front leg portion and the stroller handle are folded relative to the rear leg portion, the upper seat portion is folded on the lower seat portion, and the lower seat portion is folded on the front leg portion via the first pivot together with the upper seat portion.
These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.
Please refer to
More detailed description for the folding design of the child seat 18 is provided as follows. Please refer to
In practical application, the present invention could further adopt a handle releasing design for releasing the child seat 18 to be foldable. For example, please refer to
To be more specific, as shown in
Moreover, as shown in
As such, when the release handle 42 is operated to pull the linkage element 40, the linkage element 40 drives the second locking element 38 to disengage from the second pivot 34 for making the tray 36 foldable on the upper seat portion 28 via the second pivot 34. On the other hand, when the release handle 42 is operated to release the linkage element 40, the second locking element 38 is released to engage with the second pivot 34 for preventing folding of the tray 36 relative to the upper seat portion 28.
Via the aforesaid releasing design, when a user wants to perform the folding operation of the child seat 18, the user just needs to operate the release handle 42 for pulling the second locking element 38 and the first locking element 32 via the linkage element 40. During the aforesaid process, the protrusion 48 of the second locking element 38 can be moved from the opening 46 to the concentric track 44 by pulling of the linkage element 40, and then can be movable along the concentric track 44, so as to make the tray 36 foldable relative to the second pivot 34. In addition, with pulling of the linkage element 40, the first locking element 32 can be disengaged from the first pivot 26 to make the lower seat portion 30 foldable on the front leg portion 14 via the first pivot 26. Accordingly, the user can fold the tray 36 on the upper seat portion 28 and then can fold the lower seat portion 30 on the front leg portion 14 together with the upper seat portion 28 having the tray 36 folded thereon, so as to complete the operation of folding the child seat 18 on the front leg portion 14. Subsequently, the user can fold the front leg portion 14 and the stroller handle 12 relative to the rear leg portion 16 so that the foldable stroller 10 can be folded to form a compact size as shown in
On the other hand, when the user operates the release handle 42 for releasing the second locking element 38 and the first locking element 32 via the linkage element 40, the protrusion 48 of the second locking element 38 can be moved back to the opening 46 (e.g. by a spring 39 as shown in
In summary, the present invention adopts the two-fold design of the child seat for reducing the folding volume of the child seat on the foldable stroller, so as to efficiently solve the prior art problem that the stroller frame cannot be folded to a compact size together with the child seat. Thus, the present invention can greatly improve folding and storage convenience of the foldable stroller.
It should be mentioned that the present invention could adopt a support design for steady storage of the foldable stroller when being folded with the child seat. For example, please refer to
Furthermore, please refer to
Moreover, as shown in
Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made while retaining the teachings of the invention. Accordingly, the above disclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and bounds of the appended claims.
Sack, Daniel A., Horst, Andrew J.
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